2014 Integration Commemoration Photo Gallery

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit - Cynthia Plair Roddey '67, Winthrop's first African-American graduate student, talked with Willie McCleod, standing, of the Friendship Nine at a special exhibit and reception at the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections.

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit - The Johnsonian (student newspaper) Editor Adarrell Gadsden interviewed Cynthia Plair Roddey '67 at the exhibit.

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge - Dina's Place was packed for the Question Bridge: Black Males blueprint roundtable.

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit - Gina Barksdale Jenkins is the granddaughter of Hudson L. Barksdale Sr., the first African-American member of the Board of Trustees.

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit - Ellen Owens, left, and Dot Barber smiled and laughed as they viewed head shots from their first day at Winthrop. The two are the first African-American staff at Winthrop and started in the library on the same day in 1970.

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit - Gene Mackey, husband of the late Arnetta Gladden Mackey '67 (her picture is in the background), listened to an audio recording of his wife. He had never heard the recordings before. Gladden Mackey was one of the first African-American students to enroll.

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge - Professor of Political Science Adolphus Belk was the forum moderator.

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge - Rudy Currence, one of the evening's panelists, started the night with a medley of songs.

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge - Kambrell Garvin '13 enjoyed his introduction while then-Board of Trustees member Timothy Hopkins '83, '85, '00 looked on.

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge

Fulfilling the Promise - Question Bridge - Panelists from left to right: musician Rudy Currence, Kambrell Garvin '13 (who's now a South Carolina State House representative), then-Board of Trustees member Timothy Hopkins '83, '85, '00, then-student Saani Perry, formerly Fine Arts' Morenga Hunt, then-student Randy Worthy, then-South Pointe High School sophomore Joshua Dantzler, Ron Nelson Jr. '11 and Professor of Economics Willis Lewis.

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit

Fulfilling the Promise - Exhibit - Cynthia Plair Roddey '67, Winthrop's first African-American graduate student, talked with Willie McCleod, standing, of the Friendship Nine at a special exhibit and reception at the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections.